Frederick william durham



(No Model.)

P. W. DURHAM.

l HAT LINING.

No, 349,633. Patented sept. 21, 1886.`

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICKA IVILLIAM DURHAM, OF STATION ROAD, BARNET, COUNTY OF HERTS, ENGLAND.

HAT-LINING.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,633, dated September 21, 1886. I Application tiled April l0, 1886. Serial No. 199,388. (No model.) Patented in England February 6,1886, No. 1,781.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WILLIAM DURHAM, a citizen of England, residing at Station Road, Barnet, in the county of Herts, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HatLinings,-(for which I have made application in Great Britain, February 6, 1886, No. 1,781,) of which the following is a specification.

nIt is often desirable to change the leather lining of the lower part ofa hat when that lining has become soiled or otherwise damaged. l

My invention relates to the constructing and fixing of a hat-lining in such a manner that, no stitching being required for fixing it, it can readily be removed and a fresh lining can at once be putin its place. For this purpose I make and tix the lining as I will describe aud claim, referring to the accompanyihg drawings.

Figure l is a view ofthe lining spread out, this view being taken at the back-that is to say, at the side which, when the lining is in place, isnext the wall of the hat. Fig. 2 isa part section through the lower part and brim of the hat.

Ais athin flexible strip of steel or other suitablestitt' material, which IIiX by stitching at its edge b to the edge of the leather band B. This may be accomplished by providing the strip A, ifof metal, with aline of perforations adjacent to one edge, through which the threads may be passed to connect the strip with the edge of the leather band, after 'the ordinary manner of sewing; but obviously. if the strip is not of metal, but of such stiff material as to permit aneedle to penetrate it, the leather band and strip can be sewed edge to edge by an ordinary needle and thread. Other methods of connectingthe edges of the strip and band together by stitching will readily suggest themselves.

On the strip A, I pivot by riveted pins two or more hooks, C, which can be turned on their pivot pins, either up, as shown at O, or down, as indicated at C. The free ends of the hooks are made with sharp points or serrations, which can pierce the wall of the hat.

For putting in the lining, the hooks C are turned up and the leather band B is turned down, as indicated at B', Fig. 2, and thehooks C being pushed into the wall of the hat above the upper edge of the strip A, theleatherband B is turned in, the lining being thus xed in position.

It is of advantage to make the points of the hooks C sufficiently long to penetrate through the wall of the hat, so as to enter a hat-band, E, when such band is worn, the band E being thus prevented from rising out of its place.

Heretofore a sweat-band-has been provided around its lower edge with a strip of metal having attached spurs, which are either riveted to yor driven through the hat-body. Such, therefore, I do not broadly claim. f

Having thus described the nature of my invention and the best means I know of carryi-ng it out in practice, I claiml.. In a hat-lining, the combination, with the leather band B and the steel or other stiff strip A, the two connected edge toedge, of the swinging hooks C, pivoted at one end to the strip between the latter and the band, and having their hooked ends pointed to penetrate the hat-body above the upper edge of the strip, substantially as shown and described.

2. In abat-lining, the combination, with the leather band B and the steel or other stiff strip A, the two united edge to edge by a line of stitching, of the swinging hooks C, pivoted to the strip between the latter and the band, and having their hooked ends pointed to penetrate the hat-body above the upper edge of the strip, substantially as described. v

3. The combination, with ahat, of the leather band B, the steel or other stiff strip A, having its edge secured to the edge of the band by a line of stitching, and the swinging hooks C, pivoted at one end to the strip between the latter and the band, aud having their hooked ends pointed and` penetrating the hat-body above the upper edge of the strip, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 7th day of April, y

FREDERICK WILLIAM DURHAM.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HENRY IIADDEN, 28 Southampton Build/ings, London., W. C.

W. J. SKERTEN,

17 Gracechurch Street, TLondon, E. 0'. 

